Fire mage

Fire mage Picture Level 71 Family mage family creatures Body Type Biped Undead No Areas Found Eye of V'Tull Glaes Caverns BCS <Not Known> HP <Not Known> Armor [?]

Attack Attributes Physical Attacks Use the Creature ability template here {{{physical}}}. Bolt Attacks Fire Spirit (111) +340 AS Warding Attacks Use the Creature ability template here {{{warding}}}. Maneuver Attacks Use the Creature ability template here {{{maneuver}}}. Offensive Spells & Abilities Earthen Fury Tremors Weapon Fire Sleep Firestorm

Defense Attributes Melee <N/A> DS Ranged +285 to +295 DS Bolt <N/A> DS Bard Base +251 to +285 TD Ranger Base <N/A> TD Sorcerer Base +316 TD Wizard Base <N/A> TD Cleric Base <N/A> TD Empath Base <N/A> TD Paladin Base <N/A> TD Major Elemental +345 TD Minor Elemental +328 TD Major Spiritual <N/A> TD Minor Spiritual +292 TD Major Mental <N/A> TD Minor Mental <N/A> TD Defensive Spells & Abilities Elemental Defense I Elemental Defense II Elemental Defense III Elemental Targetting Elemental Barrier Thurfel's Ward Elemental Focus Prismatic Guard Mass Blur

Treasure Attributes Coins Yes Gems Yes Magic Items Yes Boxes Yes Skin No Other ?

The fire mage isn't tall, standing no more than five feet, but her harrowing image is more than intimidating. Blackened skin of her face is framed with a wild mane of silvery hair, which lifts in the smoke and flames rising from the mage's robes like writhing serpents. Twin pits of fire glare out of the apparition's eye sockets, constantly sweeping her surroundings with maleficent intent.

Hunting strategies

Fire mages cast Earthen Fury which can be especially deadly against pures, and with open rolls can also be lethal against squares. They also cast Weapon Fire, Major Ewave, and possibly others. Fire Sprites tend to be in the same area which can dispel. I believe it is Elemental Dispel. Arcane decoy helps against Fire Sprite's dispel. If possible, fire mages should be disabled immediately via ewave, sweep, etc. so they cannot get a cast off. They do not stun, but are easy to crit. Whoever delivers the death blow, even if through a spell such as earthen fury that kills indirectly, will get a rank 1 wound to a random location. If there is already a rank 1 wound there, then it will become a rank 2 wound. Without an empath or many herbs hunting them for extended periods of time becomes very difficult, and more dangerous. Likely for this reason they are not over-hunted, and their loot is very good. They drop many boxes which fill disks quickly, and if stowed on person increases encumbrance and makes earthen fury more dangerous should they get a cast off. I believe they are immune to Major Fire and Minor Fire, and potentially other spells involving fire.

Other information

Upon death, the fire mage will release a final desperation fire based attack.

The fire mage looks upon you with utter hatred.  Flames shoot from her eyes and engulf you!
... 1 point of damage!
Minor burns to left arm.  That hurts a bit.
The fire mage goes limp and she falls over as the fire slowly fades from her eyes.

Upon your death, they will sometimes take a trophy, for unknown purposes. Removing ones fingernails leaves a rank 2 scar.

A quick gesture from a fire mage produces a fine, blackened pouch.  With a wave of her hand over your corpse, the fire mage scorches your hand!  Reaching down, the fire mage pries loose a few of your fingernails, catching them in her pouch.  With a pleased look on her face, the fire mage attaches the pouch to her belt.

A fire mage retrieves a small, smoky crystal globe from within her robes.  With a thoughtful look on her face, the mage gazes into the globe for several seconds.  A dark look passes over her as she returns the globe to the depths of her robes, and she is obviously disturbed.

References

• Fire mage on Play.net bestiary

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